Fluid Mechanics
LECTURE HOURS
Mondays 10:00am - 10:50am
Tuesdays 9:00am - 9:50am
Wednesdays 8:00am - 8:50am
TUTORIALS Tuesdays 2.00pm - 2.50pm
EXTENDED TUTORIALS Tuesdays 3pm - 4.40pm
WEIGHTAGES FOR GRADING
1. ASSIGNMENTS - 20%
2. QUIZ 1 & 2 - 15% EACH
3. ENDSEM - 50%
EXAM DATES
Quiz I -
Quiz II -
EndSem -
LECTURES
1. Lecture 1 (Jul 31, 2017, 10am - 10:50am) - Administrative Details. Brief History of Fluid Mechanics.
2. Lecture 2 (Aug 1, 2017, 9am - 9:50am) - Brief History of Fluid Mechanics.
3. Lecture 3 (Aug 2, 2017, 8:00am - 8:50am) - Applications of Fluid Mechanics
4. Lecture 4 (Aug 7, 2017, 10am - 10:50am) - Applications of Fluid Mechanics, Principles used in Fluid Mechanics
5. Lecture 5 (Aug 9, 2017, 8:00am - 8:50am) - Principles used in Fluid Mechanics, Definitions of Fluid, System, Control Volume
6. Lecture 6 (Aug 11, 2017, 1pm - 2.30pm) - Fluid properties, Continuum assumption, Dimensions, Dimensional Analysis
7. Tutorial & Extended Tutorial 1 (Aug 11, 2017, 2.30pm - 4.30pm)
8. Lecture 7 (Aug 14, 2017, 10:00am - 10:50am) - Fluid Statics
9. Lecture 8 (Aug 16, 2017, 8:00am - 8:50am) - Fluid Statics
TEXTBOOK
Philip J. Pritchard - Fox & McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics - 8th Edition.
or
Fluid Mechanics, 8ed, SI Version (WSE) Paperback – 2013 by Fox, Mcdonald, Pritchard
REFERENCES
Panton, Ronald L - Incompressible flow John Wiley & Sons, 2006. Third edition is available from Wiley Student Edition
Frank M. White - Fluid Mechanics
Pijush K. Kundu, Ira M. Cohen, David R Dowling - Fluid Mechanics Associated Press, 6th Edition.
Aris, R. - Vectors, Tensors and the Basic Equations of Fluid Dynamics Dover Books, (1962): 84.